玉米根冠脱落细胞中微丝分布的荧光显微观察(简报)

在对玉米等主要农作物进行病理及致病毒素毒理分析时,经常选用根冠脱落细胞作为试材。许多学眷认为这些脱落的细胞处于垂死状态,然而,后来的一些研究肯定了Knudson的脱落根冠细胞具有活力的观点。Copoorali无菌培养玉米根冠脱落细胞,发现它们可以分裂;Vermeer等提出存活于玉米根际周围的根冠脱落细胞是根系统范围的扩展,它们在土壤中的作用应予以特别注意;Hawes不仅认为它们为活细胞,而且以它们做实验材料用于毒理分析;Guinal对玉米根冠脱落细胞的来源、细胞结构及生理特性进行了详细研究,肯定了细胞

DISTRIBUTION OF MICROFILAMENTS IN DETACHED CORN ROOT CAP CELLS UNDER FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPE

The detached root cap cells from maize seedlings comprised of round-shaped cells, ellipse-shaped cells and longitude-shaped cells. By using fluorescein-iso-thiocyanate-phalloidin(FITC-Ph) as fluorescent probe and treatment with cytochalasin B ( CB ) or HMC toxin, a host-specific toxin from Bipolaris (Helminthosporium ) maydis race C , the distribution and variation of microfilaments (MFs) in detached cells were investigated. The results were as follows ( i ) the round-shaped cells had intense fluorescence, but the network of MFs was not distinct. There was clear MFs network in the cytoplasm of both ellipse-shaped and longitude-shaped cells. The distribution of MFs in detached cells seemed to be relevant to their shape and vigor. ( ii ) the fluorescence of detached cells of Charrua cytoplasmic male sterility(cms-C) maize was decreased after treatment with HMC-toxin. The cause of this outcome was unclear. We only obtained the pictures of the distorted protoplast membrane and dead cells owing to treatment with HMC-toxin. The distribution of MFs of detached cells of Normal(N) cytoplasmic maize was not affected by HMC-toxin, and their protoplasts shank slightly. ( iii ) CB could change the distribution of MFs in detached cells of both cms-C maize and N maize to disordered arrangement.